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I am trying to execute the following command in which I use the kill and exec commands.

kill -l -exec grep -i 'term' {} +

Since, kill -l returns a list of all kill signals, I want to find all those signals which contain the word 'term' using grep with case insensitive -i flagSince, kill -l returns a list of all kill signals, I want to find all those signals which contain the word 'term' using grep with case insensitive -i flag. But, it returns the following errors. Could someone advise why could this be?

-bash: kill: grep: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: -i: invalid signal specification 15 -bash: kill: {}: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: +: invalid signal specification

I am trying to execute the following command in which I use the kill and exec commands.

kill -l -exec grep -i 'term' {} +

Since, kill -l returns a list of all kill signals, I want to find all those signals which contain the word 'term' using grep with case insensitive -i flag. But, it returns the following errors. Could someone advise why could this be?

-bash: kill: grep: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: -i: invalid signal specification 15 -bash: kill: {}: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: +: invalid signal specification

I am trying to execute the following command in which I use the kill and exec commands.

kill -l -exec grep -i 'term' {} +

Since, kill -l returns a list of all kill signals, I want to find all those signals which contain the word 'term' using grep with case insensitive -i flag. But, it returns the following errors. Could someone advise why could this be?

-bash: kill: grep: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: -i: invalid signal specification 15 -bash: kill: {}: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: +: invalid signal specification
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Using -exec with kill command

I am trying to execute the following command in which I use the kill and exec commands.

kill -l -exec grep -i 'term' {} +

Since, kill -l returns a list of all kill signals, I want to find all those signals which contain the word 'term' using grep with case insensitive -i flag. But, it returns the following errors. Could someone advise why could this be?

-bash: kill: grep: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: -i: invalid signal specification 15 -bash: kill: {}: invalid signal specification -bash: kill: +: invalid signal specification